The first military training of the little emperor Tongzhi started with the cries of the guards and eunuchs. Except for Er Mao who could understand the behavior of the little emperor and Xiao Letian, the remaining seven personal guards and eunuchs did not understand the use of military training at all. , they were even more frightened by the emperor's behavior.
How can the Son of Heaven, the proud son of Heaven, be engaged in such a lowly profession? It takes half an hour to stand under the bright sun. This is called military training. Turning left or right is meaningful. Just walk in an orderly manner. Win the battle.
And the officer who was foaming at the mouth and yelling at the new recruits, if you dare to yell at the emperor, we will tear your bones apart.
The four guards are definitely the top masters in the Forbidden City. In Ryukyu, except for Lord Long, there is probably no one who can rival them. It is very easy to tear down Shimazu Dairo's bones.
But the four of them did not dare, not only because Lord Long's reputation suppressed them, but also because the heavily armed troops of the New Army made them fearful.
This is an era when firearms crush cold weapons. If nothing else, there is a battle inside Guangqumen and a martial arts performance in front of the Taihe Palace. The powerful combat effectiveness of the new army has already made these warriors in the cold weapon era tremble.
Coupled with the harsh look the little emperor gave them, the four of them did not dare to act rashly.
"General Manager Ermao, I beg you, please let the noble man go. You can't let the noble man stay in the sun like this, he will suffer from heat stroke..." Manshun, Da Sixi, and Xiao Sixi knelt in front of the General Manager Er Mao and begged. After leaving the Forbidden City, the only rescuer I could rely on was Er Mao.
But Ermao was unmoved and just shook his head and sighed and said, "Be careful what you say. You must be careful what you say. The noble has already made a decision. What can we do? The four of us should not appear in front or behind the noble in the future. Our identities are too sensitive and easy to be exposed." , before the prime minister has arranged the noble's study tour plan, the identity cannot be revealed in advance.
Er Mao is the eunuch supervisor, not the guard supervisor. Ma Ming, the leader of the four guards, said to Er Mao angrily, "The nobles are here to study, not to work hard and sweat. If there is an accident due to fatigue, who will be responsible? If you If you don’t dare, we will rob people.”
Seeing the sweat-soaked little emperor standing in a military posture, Ma Ming's state of mind became tense.
"Whoever dares to take care of it will take care of it... Since His Majesty has made a decree, all we have to do is obey the order. If you dare to rob someone, as long as your kung fu is better than that of our ancestors, you can give it a try..."
The four guards who were speechless were speechless. They were under the low eaves. This was really not what they said. The New Army military training ground was as tightly guarded as a prison. The high walls were covered with dense debris. On the patrol channel set up with glass, barbed wire and tripods, New Army soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition were patrolling back and forth.
The four guards knew that if they dared to move even a little bit, the muskets on the wall would beat them into pieces.
At this moment, there was a thud in the military training queue, and a closer look revealed that a soldier had exhausted his strength and fell limply to the ground. However, no one around the soldiers dared to help him, and no one dared to move without a military order.
The one who fell was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old enyangzhong. He was in the formation next to Emperor Tongzhi. The violent little emperor was very close. Emperor Tongzhi subconsciously ran over and helped the fainted boy. got up.
"Tongfu... Who asked you to go out of the team? If you leave the team without permission, you will be punished by running around the field three times... leave immediately."
"I...I want to save people." The little emperor asked in confusion.
At this time, two military medical officers ran over and carried the unconscious child to Ermao and the others, "Let's let... Why do a group of people who don't have military training grab the shade? This is a place for the weak to rest..."
Shimazu Dairo is the instructor in charge of the Little Emperor's Phalanx. The Japanese have an unusual respect for military orders. In their eyes, the training regulations formulated by the Prime Minister are imperial decrees, and they cannot be disobeyed in the slightest.
"Tongfu, questioning the instructor's order is questioning the military order...Run four laps now and run immediately." The little emperor burst into tears of grievance during the roar. Now the four guards gave up and rushed forward with a roar.
The New Army had been staring at these strange people for a long time. No one knew why the Prime Minister would allow such a few strange people to cause trouble here. Now when they saw that some people wanted to rebel, they swarmed up with a roar and surrounded the four guards with shining bayonets. got up.
"Storming the training ground is a capital crime. Get back immediately, get back..." the soldiers yelled.
With tears in his eyes, the little emperor thought about the promise he made to his master before entering. He turned around and shouted to the four guards, "Go back. You don't need to worry about me." Crying while running.
Ma Ming and several other guards retreated, and they, who were loyal to protect their master, knelt on the ground and burst into tears. The three eunuchs even choked to death.
Shimazu Dalang shouted loudly in the military training team with a weird Chinese accent. In fact, it was for the little emperor to hear, "I don't care what your status is. As long as you enter the training ground, you are a soldier. When you are a soldier, you must act like a soldier." , If you don’t want to do it, you can leave, no one will keep you..."
"What is the secret behind the New Army's victory after victory? It is not just the sharpness of foreign guns and foreign cannons, but more importantly, our strict adherence to military orders...Don't imitate those decadent Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers who charge with money and don't give Won’t we fight for money?”
"In our new army, as long as an order is given, no matter whether the sword is in a sea of fire, even if the enemy is outnumbered, we must charge forward, charge, charge... or even die in battle with a bullet in the chest. There are no cowards or cowards in our new army."
"Why military training? I repeat it again. Military training is to separate you from the common people and to develop you to unconditionally enforce discipline. The iron-blooded stick can make Prussia counterattack, so why can't our Prime Minister's new army? If you want to know how to sweep across Europe, you have to start with military training..."
"Do you understand everything?" Shimazu Dalang roared like thunder.
"I understand." The training ground was filled with thunder, and even the little emperor roared at this time.
According to historical records, Emperor Tongzhi was very thin. This can be seen from the portrait of Emperor Tongzhi leaked from the Forbidden City. The little emperor's physical condition is very poor. In addition, the little emperor is only ten years old now. Running four laps is already too much for him. Mission impossible.
Emperor Tongzhi's legs felt like they were filled with lead. He had only run a lap and was already struggling for his life. His chest was wheezing like a bellows, and his throat was burning. Every breath was a punishment.
The little emperor was running away, he was just like an old lady dancing, but no one in the entire training ground laughed at him, because the eleven-year-old Tongzhi was really the youngest on the training ground.
The military posture has been completed, and all the training enyangzhong and new recruits are sitting on the ground watching the children running in circles. This child named 'Tongfu' is really a bit stubborn, his face is pale and he is still persisting. .
The four guards and the four eunuchs were controlled by the new army in a corner. This time, even Er Mao knelt down, tears bursting from his eyes, while the others almost fainted from crying.
In the small building at the training ground in the distance, Xiao Letian stared at Emperor Tongzhi responsibly, "You are really a temperamental person. In your previous life, you wanted to rebuild the Old Summer Palace after you took over the throne. If the minister didn't agree, you dared to show your temper. You went out of the palace to Huajieliu Lane every day. Even that tough woman Cixi can't control you... You seem to be as stubborn as your mother."
"Very good. As long as stubborn people use their temper in the right place, they will definitely achieve great things. This military training should be regarded as your first training during your study tour..."
I don’t know who started it first, but someone in the resting crowd suddenly shouted, "Come on, Tongfu, persistence is victory..."
Immediately afterwards, the entire training ground shouted "Come on, hold on..." This slogan did not exist in the 19th century. This was completely a bad taste brought by Xiao Letian. It was originally a colloquialism after the development of the oil industry, but it was He was more than a hundred years ahead of schedule.
There were more than two hundred people on the training ground, and they shouted neat slogans to cheer for the little emperor: "Come on, persevere, win." This was followed by rhythmic applause.
Shimazu Dairo also shouted sternly, "Go forward indomitably, run forward. From now on, you must cultivate the feeling of victory, challenge yourself to taste your first victory, and then remember this feeling, remember this is addictive The feeling of victory.”
"As long as you succeed in the first challenge, you will succeed the second time."
Humans are really wonderful creatures. The potential in their bodies is beyond imagination. The little emperor survived despite the earth-shattering cheers. Anyone who has ever run a long-distance race knows that there is a limit in long-distance running. As long as you break through In the past, my body no longer felt tired.
Emperor Tongzhi listened to the cheering and encouragement from the mountains and the tsunami, and the booming and rhythmic clapping. He finally broke through the limits of his body. At this moment, he felt as light as walking on the clouds.
One lap, two laps, three laps. Until the fourth lap, he didn't know that he had completed the punishment. He wanted to run the fifth lap. Shimazu Dairo rushed up and grabbed him.
"That's enough, it's enough for four rounds... Don't stop, walk quickly, let your breathing calm down before resting..."
After the little emperor returned to the training team, the comrades carrying Big Thumb swarmed up and threw him into the air, caught him, and then threw him up again.
The little emperor laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. This was the first time he felt the taste of success and the charm of the collective.
Xiao Letian put down the curtain and turned back to Master Long and said, "Don't you martial arts practitioners have some therapeutic formula? Go and prepare some for Zai Chun. This child has been fed to waste by the people in the Forbidden City. Since he is in my hands, he must To replenish yang energy.”
The training in the morning ended quickly. Emperor Tongzhi, who broke through the psychological barrier, quickly integrated into the group. Dairo Shimazu was also very reasonable and did not increase the amount of training. At about eleven o'clock, he announced that dinner would be served.
Emperor Tongzhi had never seen the spectacular scene of two to three hundred people dining together. All the squares lined up neatly and walked to the dining hall. The soldiers were singing military songs along the way.
"I go up the mountain as a tiger, I go down to the sea as a dragon, I am a great hero in the world, I wave my hand to make rain, I dance to make the wind, look at my Chinese dragon rising in the east, after many thunderstorms, how many winds, after thousands of Frost, I have spent thousands of winters, why should I be afraid of the wind, why should I be afraid of the rain, why should I be afraid of the shaking of the mountains and the ground. If I were shaken and soared into the sky, I would be able to swallow a rainbow..."
The little emperor didn't know this military song at all, but he was also affected by the passionate singing. He opened his mouth and stretched his neck to roar, regardless of whether it was out of tune or not, anyway, he sang it happily.
After finally entering the dining hall, the little emperor's eyes were even more dizzy.
